Most people have easy access to location-sharing apps, but how they use them and the drama that ensues differs. For Maria-Camila Garcia (right), only her true friends let her track their whereabouts.

Where you are is important. Much rhetoric is about hiding your location from big companies like Facebook, Google, and other advertising platforms. However, you may want to share your location with ...

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Gen Z seems OK with their parents using location sharing apps to keep tabs on them. Safety is seen as the main benefit of sharing your location with others at all times. Rising levels of anxiety among ...

Location tracking apps collect continuous movement data, raising concerns about unauthorized access, surveillance, and ...

The head of Gowalla, one of the pioneers of location-based apps, believes the future of such services will not be about badges or games, but rather about real tools to tie personal content to places.

If you don't want to completely abandon Google's ecosystem, use Tasks.org as the companion app. Since it syncs with Google ...

You use them every day, but have no idea what they're collecting. Find out which apps are quietly harvesting your location, ...

Let’s face it: location-enabled apps are not going anywhere. With more than 770 million GPS-enabled smartphones worldwide, a new crop of geo-location apps are announced every month. Regardless of user ...

Faith writes guides, how-tos, and roundups on the latest Android games and apps for Android Police. You'll find her writing about the newest free-to-play game to hit Android or discussing her paranoia ...